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You will say: what a splendid portrait of Louise de La Vallière, attributed to Pierre Mignard, with an estimate of a mere €100,000
I will say: MADAM, RESPECT THE LABOUR OF CLEANERS
Art · Monarchies · Humour
Napoleon Converses with Francis II after the Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleon converses with Francis II after the Battle of Austerlitz. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1809. A pity that no one ever told him those breeches fit dreadfully
NB! · Art · Mores · Humour
This fellow has been receiving his friends without leaving his bed since about 1653
This fellow has been receiving his friends without leaving his bed since about 1653. Beer, wine and tobacco as the marks of idle dissipation, already in the days of the Dutch Golden Age and in the lifetime of the artist Gesina ter Borch
NB! · Mores · Humour
I Like Your Outfit Very Much, but I Have Very Bad Taste
NB! · Art · London · Museums · Mores · Humour
This 11-year-old English boy from 1660 has a very cool cap, even by modern standards
NB! · Books · Observations · Education · Humour
The American professor of classics Bernard Knox once remarked that a few rides in Athenian taxis had given him a fresh appreciation of the Homeric chariot races
Art · Humour
Painting “The Toilet of Venus” attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Madam, Cover Yourself! The Toilet of Venus, attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The East · Cinema · Humour
Orson Welles filmed the murder scene of “Othello” in Turkish baths for lack of costumes
Why are there naked men in Orson Welles's "Othello"? In the original text, the action of Act V, in which the murder contrived by Iago, the principal antagonist, is played out, unfolds in Cyprus, near the house of the courtesan Bianca. The filming was a great
Art · London · Monarchies · People · Humour
King Charles Admires David Hockney's Outfit at the Buckingham Palace Luncheon Where One of the Greatest Living Artists Received the Order of Merit
“Your yellow clogs are a splendid choice,” the British monarch said, glancing at the Crocs of the 85-year-old Hockney.
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Mood: Roast Capybara at the Last Supper
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